ALİF ART
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1. Alif Art acts as agent for the seller, and acts as a
seller incidentally for the lots financed by itself.
2. All merchandises offered for sale at auctions
shall have to comply with Law no 2863 on the
protection of Cultural and Natural Property, and
they are controlled prior to the auction by experts
appointed by the Topkapı Palace Museum, the
Turkish Islamic Works of Art Museum, the Istan-
bul Archaeology Museum, the Military Museum,
the Yıldız Palace Museum and the Ayasofya Mu-
seum. A certificate will be issued by authorities
concerned to any item if deemed necessary from
the angle of legal considerations.
3. Descriptions are generally made in the catalogue
in regard to the restoration, repair or renewal of
certain parts of the merchandise, yet the com-
pany cannot be held responsible for such repair
or restorations. All merchandises are available
for examination prior to auctions, therefore all
prospective bidders participating in the auction
are deemed to have duly observed and examined
the merchandises beforehand. All information
provided by our experts in the auction catalogue
for the merchandises are exclusively in nature
of opinion statements and is not to be relied as
statements of facts. Bidders accept and covenant
that all merchandises are sold “AS IS”, that the
buyer has adequately examined the merchandise,
and that the buyer waives from the enforcement
of Article 198 under the Code of Obligations. It is
not compulsory to state in wording for all mer-
chandises that such merchandise is sold “as is”.
Details and any sort of notice regarding the mer-
chandise do not constitute a guarantee, and are
only in nature of general information. The buyer
accepts this condition in advance. Alif Art is not
liable for guarantee upon the merchandise sold.
The buyer will not raise any objection and make
any claim to Alif Art in this respect subsequently.
4. The final sale price of the merchandise is calculat-
ed by adding on the hammer price a commission
of 7% + VAT and any applicable tax and other lev-
ies. If the buyer fails to make full payment within
the required time, Alif Art will be entitled to cancel
the sale without further notice and indemnify all
its losses together with the accrued interest, legal
fees and costs for the recovery of the invoice total
together with legal interest accruing as of the date
of such invoice. Alif Art reserves the right to seek
in its own discretion other remedies and rights
available by law. The merchandise will not be re-
leased and delivered to the buyer unless all costs
incurred by Alif Art for the storage and safekeep-
ing of that merchandise until the collection of the
invoice value have been paid by the buyer.
5. Alif Art holds the insurance liability of the mer-
chandise for a period of one week following the
sale. Responsibility of any damage to the auction
item sold but not paid for and delivered from Alif
Art within one week shall lie with the buyer. By
arranging for the insurance of the merchandise
purchased, the buyer may have the merchandise
maintained by Alif Art.
6. Alif Art is entitled to, without producing any rea-
son, refuse to admit any person to the auction,
withdraw or divide any merchandise, combine
any two or more merchandises, refuse the sale of
any merchandise, or administer the auction with-
out following the order of lot numbers as they ap-
pear in the catalogue.
7. In case the merchandise offered for sale under
this auction does not conform to its respective
quality particulars stated, or its provenance con-
tradicts with the stated, or it has been offered for
sale without the knowledge and will of its lawful
owner, then all legal liabilities will lie with the
entity asking for auctioning such merchandise.
8. Pictures published in the catalogue may not be
reproduced or printed, or any written informa-
tion may not be used without the prior consent
of Alif Art.
9. Real and corporate entities participating in the
auction and purchasing the merchandise at a
minimum price of TL 12.000 (twelve thousand)
will be subject to personal identification in ac-
cordance with Law no 4208.
10. All biddings at auctions are affected by raising
appropriate paddles. The buyer is committed to
the bid placed by raising his/her paddle. The auc-
tioneer accepts the highest bidder as the buyer
and marks the conclusion of bidding by striking
his hammer. No voice recording is performed
in the auction during any fact finding process
by the notary public or for any participation by
phone. The buyer may no way whatsoever claim
the invalidity of the auction.
11. The buyers should examine the condition of any
CONDITIONS OF SALE
